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Key Figures at goethe university, 2013

Goethe University welcomed more than 45,000 stUdents throUGh its doors for the 2013/2014 winter semester.

an international profile: almost 40% of newly appointed professors in 2013 are non-German nationals. the nUmber of international stUdents has risen to 7,053; 130 different nationalities are represented.

2013 was the stronGest year in the University’s history for third-party fUndinG, with the University receivinG more than 173 million eUros, inclUdinG fUndinG Under the state of hesse loewe proGramme.

in a larGe stUdent sUrvey, aboUt 80% of stUdents recommended stUdyinG at Goethe University.

Great events are anticipated well in advance. It

was therefore necessary to start extensive prepa

rations for Goethe University’s centenary celebra

tions as early as 2013. this included a launch event

on 2 July 2013 at which friends, patrons, and sup

porters of the university were posed the question,

“What motivates you to support Goethe Univer

sity’s centenary celebrations”. Following various

passionate appeals, more than eight million euros

were pledged in support – a figure which has now

grown to 13 million euros. this demonstrates that

the people of Frankfurt and the surrounding area

today feel just as responsible for their university

as they did when it was established in 1914. once

more our heartfelt thanks to one and all!

100 years ago, it was mainly Jewish founders who

gave their money to establish the city’s own uni

versity, collecting a staggering 20 million gold

marks. this solid financial foundation paved the

way for the new independence of the university –

free from the constraints of the prussian authori

tarian state and equally free from the influence

of the Church. this allowed the emergence of a

new type of university – tolerant and open to the

world, a gateway to the modern era.

Liberality, plurality and internationalism, these

were the guiding principles of the founders, and

Goethe University is very much guided by the same

principles today. Because of its openness to reform,

the foundation university is once again a much re

spected and fine example of the benefits of giving

universities greater freedom of movement and not

– as is the case in some federal states – of turning

the wheel back to more state control. the autono

my granted to the university in 2008 provides lec

turers, researchers, and students with far better op

portunities to develop their skills and talents and,

as a result, Goethe University is once again one of

the top research institutions in Germany. this is

also reflected financially. In 2013, with a total of

more than 173 million euros, Goethe University

achieved its highest ever income from thirdparty

funding, a 53% increase since 2007.

the university has also been able to play an impor

tant role at national level. the Frankfurt Manifesto

was written as well as series of statements regard

ing important university policy developments with

the German university association, U15. these fo

cused on bringing together key central academic

players with the aim of increasing international

competitiveness and on improving teaching and

study conditions under pressure due to the dramat

ic increase in student numbers. Goethe University

has also responded to this in its own way and, in

a unique national programme, has appointed 40

additional professors since the previous year and

has also built a new seminar pavilion and semi

nar house to create desperately needed teaching

space. this has been achieved on the university’s

own account and with the university bearing a

substantial share of the costs. Further details, and

much more besides, can be found in the follow

ing annual report.

Be inspired!

Yours sincerely,

Werner Mülleresterl

president of Goethe University

anticipation

2013 report

contents

fore word 3

rese arch 6rankings 7international profile 8interview with assistant professor Zhiyi yang 9europeanisation strategy 10european research funding 12funding through the federal ministry of education and research (bundesministerium für bildung und forschung – bmbf) 14funding through the German research foundation (deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft – dfG) 16interview with prof. reinhard dörner 18success in the loewe programme 20institute of archaeological sciences 22support for junior researchers 24

stUdyinG and te achinG 26improvement of teaching and study conditions 27student survey 28course information 30islamic studies 32Germany scholarship programme 34 Universit y on the move 36centenary 37interview with peter feldmann 38structural renovation of Goethe University 40timeline 42 KnowledGe, facts & fiGUres 4 4funding of structured programmes 45students 47degrees awarded 51staff 52University budget 53external funding 54 credits 56

rese a rch

Goethe University performed extremely well in

various national and international university and

discipline rankings in 2013.

In the Shanghai ranking, Goethe University was

once again highly placed as in the previous year,

retaining its sixth place among German univer

sities and ranked among the top 100 to 150 best

universities in the world in international com

parisons. In rankings for physics, medicine, and

pharmacy, the university was in the top 51 to 75

internationally.

Both published research work as well as media and

political influence were included in an assessment

carried out by the German newspaper, the Frank-

furter Allgemeine Zeitung, which looked at the

most influential economists. economists at Goethe

University were placed fifth overall. the Centre

for Financial Studies (CFS) at Goethe University

achieved sixth place in the category for the most

influential German economic research institutes.

In the 2013 economics ranking by the Handels-

blatt, Leibnizprize winner prof. roman Inderst

was once again placed first among all German

speaking economists both in Germany and abroad.

“No other Germanspeaking economist in recent

years has published as many research results in re

spected international journals as Inderst, and his

work is also quoted disproportionately often by

other researchers,” commented Germany’s lead

ing business newspaper.

In the renowned Tilburg University econom-

ics ranking in 2013, the Faculty of economics

and Business Administration at Goethe Univer

sity was placed in the top 100 universities glob

ally for research in economics, in 87th place and,

with a score of 62 points, two points higher than

in the previous year.

Goethe University also scored well in the rank

ing carried out by Wirtschaftswoche, the Ger

man business weekly. It was placed in the top ten

universities in four disciplines at once (economics,

Business Administration, Business Information

technology, and Science). economics at Goethe

University is rated very highly by 523 leading Ger

man personnel managers. the Wirtschaftswoche

also ranked it second in national comparisons.

In the ranking carried out by the magazine Fokus,

the Frankfurt University Hospital achieved sev

enth place nationally based on recommendations

by doctors. In Hesse, it was ranked top. In com

piling the ranking, more than 18,000 referring

specialists and hospital doctors were surveyed for

their recommendations, and quality reports were

also assessed in detail. the quality of care and the

standards of hygiene in the hospitals were also in

cluded in the assessment, as well as their reputa

tion among healthcare professionals, case num

bers, and sustained level of treatment success. the

university hospital is ranked among the top Ger

man hospitals for cardiology, bowel cancer, breast

cancer, prostate cancer, radiotherapy, Alzheimer’s,

and stressinduced and highrisk births. the affil

iated University Hospital of Friedrichsheim also

shares this ranking for orthopaedics.

ranKings

highLy rateD nationaLLy anD internationaLLy

They are among the first living organ-isms on earth and can only survive in an oxygen-free environment – this is why doctoral candidate Kai Schuch-mann is studying vinegar-producing bacteria, their enzymes, and their metabolism in an anaerobic tent, a chamber filled with nitrogen. Prof. Volker Müller’s working group at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences is researching microorganisms living in extreme conditions and their consid-erable bioengineering potential.

the German business newspaper, the Handelsblatt, already referred to Goethe

University in 2010 as the “magnet on the Main” because of its strong appeal

to academics from outside Germany. What was then true for economics now

applies for the entire university across all disciplines. An increasing number

of international researchers are being drawn to Frankfurt as a result of its in

creased academic reputation and its ten national and international research

centres. Many of them previously held posts at such renowned institutions as

the University of oxford, the London Business School, the Swiss Federal In

stitute of technology in Zurich (etHZ), the University of Minnesota, or the

Federal reserve Bank of Boston. the appointments in 2013 also included the

return to Germany of six German scientists who had previously worked abroad.

to ensure that approximately 800 international researchers and visiting aca

demics coming to Goethe University every year are quickly made to feel at

home, the Goethe Welcome Centre was opened in 2013 with the generous

support of Santander Bank. It offers guidance and advice in all nonacadem

ic obstacles for international guests, from the search for suitable accommoda

tion and nursery places to tax and visa matters through to opening a bank ac

count. It is also planned to include intercultural training in the Centre’s ser

vices. Language courses are provided in collaboration with the International

Language Centre. the new facility benefits not only international academics

and their families but also the institutes of Goethe University that previous

ly had to provide such services to researchers independently. As the manager

of the Centre, Florian von Bothmer explains, “the Goethe Welcome Centre

is the university’s response to the growing role of internationalised research

and teaching. It is our aim to help the university’s international guests settle

down in Frankfurt as smoothly as possible by supporting them in organising

their daytoday lives.”

appointMents FroM aBroaD on the increase

internationaL proFiLe

FounDation university

intervieW With …

Assistant Professor Yang, you teach litera ture and are yourself a poet. Does it inspire you being in the city where Goethe was born?

i like Goethe and have read faust twice. i also find that Goethe is very chinese. he was a polymath and even a government official, as was the chinese poet su shi, the subject of my doctorate. Unlike the scholars of the past who acquired a broad range of knowledge in different fields, the academics of today are increasingly more specialised. i am trying to go against this trend and to be as broad as possible in my approach. this is why i am now research-ing a different period of chinese literary history. however, i don’t know wheth-er it was Goethe or su shi who inspired me to adopt this approach – perhaps they both did.

What exactly are you working on at the moment?

in my doctoral thesis i examined the po-etry and aesthetics of su shi, an 11th cen-tury poet. i am now working on the trans-formation of classical poetry in 20th cen-

tury china, with a particular focus on the southern society literature and poetry group. this group had the vision of a chi-nese national culture that does not have to make a break with classical literature. classical chinese is a form of standard chinese that is not accessible to everyone. in the 20th century, the prevailing argu-ment was that literature should also be un-derstandable by those without education. china in effect cut itself off from its classi-cal roots. modern chinese therefore had a very painful birth. the vision of the south-ern society would have allowed a model of chinese modernism that would have been culturally unique and non-westernised.

Why is internationalism so important for your work?

when i completed my studies at peking University, i decided to do my doctorate at princeton University in the Usa. work-ing abroad not only considerably extended my personal horizons but also had a strong influence on my research. sinology is a highly developed discipline in the United states and as a result of its interdisciplin-

ary approach has also had a marked effect on academics in china. my work has been strongly influenced by disciplines such as religious studies and european philosophy. this has enabled me to focus my research and make it more relevant to the modern mind. i came to Goethe University to delve deeper into european culture in Germany. i am really happy to meet researchers from all over the world in this international en-vironment.

Do you intend to stay in Germany in the long term?

i have settled in well here and like this country and the German lifestyle – apart from the beer and sausages... my post as assistant professor can be extended to 2018. if i get a permanent post, i’d be hap-py to stay here and to also teach in Ger-man at some point in the future – i learnt German at the Goethe institut. so far though, all my courses have been in eng-lish. if it doesn’t work out with a post here in Germany, that’s okay too. i am an inter-national person. if i can do the things i like, i can be happy anywhere in the world.

... Zhiyi Yang (32), Assistant professor at the Institute of east Asian Studies.

She has been teaching Chinese literature in Frankfurt since May 2012.

Assistant Professor Zhiyi Yang can find most of the works of Chinese literature required for her research and teaching in the Asian library of the Faculty of Lin-guistics, Culture and Arts which has been located in the University Library in Bockenheim since 2013.

It is increasingly understood nowadays that challenges facing europe and

mankind also represent challenges for the academic world. research is being

conducted at Goethe University and elsewhere nationally and international

ly on a variety of topics such as social justice, biodiversity, common diseases,

financial market regulation and climate, topics therefore that do not respect

borders but affect large swathes of mankind. research funding must also ad

just to this form of networked research in europe and across the world. Such

collaboration is not only beneficial in obtaining new perspectives, research

findings and innovations but also in financial terms. the investment costs for

fundamental research, for example in largescale equipment and machinery,

particularly in engineering and science, have now risen to such an extent that

they can no longer be borne by individual universities. Funds from euro pean

research support can help bridge the gap. At Goethe University as well, re

search support involving european funding now accounts for a significant pro

portion of thirdparty fund raising, amounting to 13.7 million euros in 2013.

new eUropeanisation strateGy

to establish an even greater presence on the european stage, Goethe Uni

versity adopted its europeanisation strategy in 2013. the aim is to consid

erably increase the proportion of european research funding in the coming

few years with the launch, in 2014, of the new eU research framework pro

gramme, Horizon 2020. this programme, supporting research and innova

tion projects, will provide approximately 70 billion euros in funding over the

next seven years, until 2020. According to the programme description, a sub

stantial part of the funding will go towards tackling societal challenges. the

projects should also help tackle issues such as climate change, demograph

ic change, and the precarious world food situation. the programme descrip

tion lists the most urgent research topics in the main area entitled “Societal

Challenges”. there is significant overlap between Horizon 2020 and current

research areas at Goethe University. the new framework programme offers

enormous opportunities for a university that advertises itself under the slo

gan “pursuit of Knowledge for Society”.

In addition, the eU Commission is pushing for the integration of euro pean

and national research funding – this is the reason why Goethe University

must also adapt itself more to the european research goals if it is to obtain a

high level of thirdparty funding in Germany from, for example, the German

research Foundation and the Federal Ministry of education and research.

europeanisation strategy

in the centre oF europe

the new strategy is very wideranging in scope, as the person responsible for

its implementation, Vicepresident prof. Matthias LutzBachmann, explains:

“For us, europeanisation is an acrosstheboard element in structural and de

velopment planning”. the intention is to reflect the university’s orientation

towards europe across a whole range of different areas – in curriculum con

tent, in further opening up the university to students and academics from the

whole of europe, in even closer collaboration with european partner univer

sities and in more intensive involvement in paneuropean research associa

tions. “We are seeking to make europe an integral and permanent part of the

university, through our choice of research topics, staff, and structures, and

in so doing, to position Goethe University as an independent player in euro

pean research.”

It is important to have direct representation to achieve this; in April 2014,

Goethe University will be the first university in Hesse and the second in Ger

many to open its own office in its federal state’s offices in Brussels.

Specific guidance and support in european research funding has been pro

vided since 2013 by two Goethe University eU officers: prof. Harald Schwal

be, from the Faculty of Biochemistry, Chemistry and pharmacy and Direc

tor of the ‘Macromolecular Complexes’ Cluster of excellence, and prof. Bernd

Waas, from the Faculty of Law. they will in future advise the Faculties and

the Governing Board and collaborate closely with the research office and

junior researchers and are seeking to strengthen dialogue with the relevant

bodies in Brussels. the research office also provides academics with guid

ance and advice on eU funding options and can support them in the applica

tion and project phase.

In May 2013, during the “europadialog” organised by the state of Hesse and

held in the research centre Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften at Goethe

University, erasmus students and scholars of the Germany Scholarship pro

gramme spoke with the then Secretary of State for european Affairs, Dr Zsu

zsa Breier, prof. roser Valenti from the Institute of theoretical physics and

Dr ettore Dorrucci from the european Central Bank about the importance of

europe for their personal and professional development.

fUndinG of larGe-scale research collaborations and oUtstandinG academics

Goethe University has been involved in twelve new european research col

laborations since 2013. Frankfurt’s partners cover a broad range of disciplines,

from political science to mathematics through to medicine. Depending on their

size, the projects each involve between five to eighty institutions in europe.

As a result of the university’s participation in these projects, Frankfurt has

received 4.2 million euros in european funding.

the funding received by academics at Goethe University for research projects

approved and launched in 2013 under the 7th eU Framework programme

amounts in total to just under 20 million euros.

Individual researchers also achieved success in 2013 in applying for eU fund

ing. three Frankfurt academics were all recipients of the first ever Consolida-

tor Grants from the european research Council (erC). this research support

is aimed at researchers who have held a doctorate for seven to twelve years.

the funding is awarded to pioneering research at the boundaries of knowl

edge. the awarding of these three grants makes Goethe University the second

most successful university in Germany after the University of Bonn, which

received four. Frankfurt achieved a very high success rate in its applications

for funding in 2013, with 33.3% being successful.

fprof. rené reifarth is the executive Director of the Institute for Applied

physics in the Faculty of physics. His project in experimental astrophysics,

“NAUtILUS: neutron captures constraining stellar nucleosynthesis”, exam

ines the origin of chemical elements. reifarth’s research is receiving over

1.8 million euros in funding.

fMarkus Gangl, professor of Sociology specialising in social structure and

social policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences, is the project manager for

“CorroDe: corroding the social? An empirical evaluation of the relation

ship between unemployment and social stratification in oeCD countries”.

It involves analysis of the relationship between unemployment and social

stratification in member states of the organisation for economic Cooper

ation and Development (oeCD). total funding for the project amounts to

over 1.8 million euros.

fprof. Christian Fiebach, executive Director of the Institute of psychology in

the Faculty of psychology and Sports Sciences, will receive funding of over

1.5 million euros for the project, “Lpop: Languageprocessing by overlap

ping predictions: A predictive Coding Approach”. It is in the field of neuro

cognitive psychology and is seeking to examine fundamental mechanisms

in languageprocessing by the brain.

european research FunDing

thirD-party FunDing FroM europe – For europe

the physicist and assistant professor Nina Morgner, who joined Goethe Uni

versity from the University of oxford in 2013 and who is part of the team in

the ‘Macromolecular Complexes’ Cluster of excellence, received an erC Start-

ing Grant worth 1.2 million euros to fund research in molecular machines

in her project, “a SMILe: analyse Soluble * Membrane complexes with Im

proved LILBID experiments”.

In addition, Goethe University is sharing in an erC Synergy Grant through

prof. Luciano rezzolla. this is the grant with the highest level of funding giv

en by the european research Council and is awarded for scientifically out

standing research proposals – in a timeconsuming and fiercely competitive

selection process. It is the first time that an application from the field of astro

physics has been approved; 14 million euros has been made available for the

development of an observation system that allows the capture of the first ever

detailed images of a black hole. the team under the management of prof. rez

zolla (Goethe University, Frankfurt), prof. Heino Falcke (radboud Universi

ty, Nijmegen) and prof. Michael Kramer (Max planck Institute for radio As

tronomy in Bonn) will use the research to test predictions of Albert einstein’s

general theory of relativity.

the interdisciplinary and international training of doctoral candidates is

supported by the european Union in the form of Marie Curie Initial training

Networks. In 2013, Goethe University achieved funding for these networks

of just under one million euros for the areas of Biochemistry and Biology.

the young researchers will benefit from the structured training and the pro

gramme’s european networks.

They received grants from the Euro-pean Research Council (ERC): Prof. Luciano Rezzolla, Chair of Theoreti-cal Astrophysics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, is the recipient of an ERC Synergy Grant to perform theoretical and observational studies on the black hole at the center of the galaxy.Nina Morgner, assistant professor for Physical Chemistry in Frankfurt since September 2013, received an ERC Starting Grant for analysing molecular machines using mass spectrometry methods.

FunDing through the FeDeraL Ministry oF eDucation anD research (BunDesMinisteriuM Für BiLDung unD Forschung – BMBF)

aFrica’s asian options

In February 2013, an interdisciplinary collaborative research project at Goethe

University began to explore current relations between Africa and Asia. In the

Africa’s Asian options programme (AFrASo), about 40 scientists are research

ing the interactions between the two continents from a comparative and trans

regional perspective. the project is based in the two regional research centres,

the ZIAF (Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Afrikaforschung – Centre for Interdis

ciplinary African research) and the IZo (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für ost

asienstudien – Interdisciplinary Centre for east Asian Studies). It is planned

to initially last for four years and is being supported by the Federal Ministry

of education and research with funding of almost four million euros.

It is not only China that is becoming increasingly involved in Africa – other

economically dynamic countries in Asia such as Japan, India, and South Ko

rea are also becoming increasingly more active on the continent. At the same

time, a large number of Africans – including merchants, entrepreneurs and

students – are moving to and settling down in Asia and are, in turn, bringing

about social change there. these new economic, cultural, and political con

tacts provide Africa with new opportunities to change the colonialdominat

ed pattern of international relations and to select from a variety of new op

tions for action – away from europe and the USA.

the scientists engaged in this project are tracing the current dynamics of these

relations in four topic areas using a comprehensive range of case studies. top

ics being examined include the respective migration experiences, the devel

opment of and changes in trade networks and the influence of cultural col

laboration on the relations between people and between states. the respective

activities and their impact on education, language acquisition, art, literature,

and film are also being considered. In addition, by compiling the results, the

researchers are making an important contribution to the debate on how re

gional studies should be conceived in future.

the first results were presented in Kuala Lumpur in March 2014 at an inter

national conference organised by AFrASo and the University of Malaysia.

Following a symposium in Stellenbosch in South Africa in 2015, a large con

ference will be held in Frankfurt in october 2016. A series of lectures and

various publications will give the general public an insight into the research

programme. educational materials will also be made available for teachers

and schoolchildren on the project website. the longterm goal is to establish a

unique Centre of expertise on AfricanAsian interactions in europe that will

be a very valuable source of information for policymakers and for decision

makers in industry and development cooperation.

The city of Guangzhou in the South of China, two hours by train from Hong Kong, is also an important business location for many African merchants. The interactions between the two continents are the research focus of the project AFRASO.

FunDing through the gerMan research FounDation (Deutsche ForschungsgeMeinschaFt – DFg)

eXpLoring coMMon Diseases

the projectrelated funding received by Goethe

University from the German research Foundation

(DFG) reached an alltime high in 2013, rising by

almost 20% to 61.2 million euros. In total, sever

al largescale project proposals for health research

were either firsttime recipients of much sought

after funding or had their funding extended.

A newly established collaborative research centre

in medicine, pharmacy, and biochemistry is ad

dressing the effect of fat metabolism disorders on

a broad range of diseases. Lipids, or fats, are not

only an important component of cell membranes;

more recently, it has been discovered that they are

also the starting materials for important inter and

intracellular signal molecules. there is much evi

dence to suggest that certain lipid metabolism dis

orders influence the pathogenesis of arterioscle

rosis, diabetes, cancer, inflammation, pain, and

neurodegenerative processes. the aim of the col

laborative research centre, Disease-Related Sig-

nal Transduction Through Fatty Acid Deriva-

tives and Sphingolipids, is to understand lipid

induced signal networks at molecular level and to

use the findings to develop innovative diagnostic

tools and therapeutic approaches. “this hitherto

neglected field is on the verge of becoming one of

the core topics of translational research. We are

hoping to significantly shorten the time between

the discovery of new findings in the laboratory

and their clinical application,” explains prof. Jo

sef pfeilschifter of the Institute of General phar

macology and toxicology at the Goethe Universi

ty Hospital and spokesperson for the new collabo

rative research centre being funded by the DFG

until 2017 with over 8.5 million euros.

A third period of funding was awarded to the

trans regio collaborative research centre concerned

with research into vascular disease, which was

first established in 2005. the project, Vascular

Differentiation and Remodelling, is a collabo

ration between Goethe University, the Universi

ty of Heidelberg, and the Max planck Institute

for Heart and Lung research in Bad Nauheim.

this collaborative research centre was the first in

Germany to focus exclusively on vascular disease.

Changes in blood vessel walls are the cause of life

threatening diseases such as myocardial infarc

tion, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and tumour

diseases. the research focuses on the complex in

terplay between endothelial cells lining blood ves

sel walls, their precursor cells and smooth mus

cle cells. “In our view, interdisciplinary collabo

ration alone can decipher the function, properties

and manifestations of the complex combination of

cells that make up blood vessel walls,” observes

prof. KarlHeinz plate of the Neurological Insti

tute (edinger Institute) of Goethe University and

deputy spokesperson for the collaborative research

centre. the methods applied range from molecular

and cell biology to physiology of the blood vessels

through to transgenic mouse models and imaging

procedures in live patients. the DFG is supporting

the research from 2013 to 2017 with more than

9.6 million euros of funding.

Funding has also been extended for a collaborative

research centre concerned with Alzheimer’s re

search which involves physicians in Frankfurt but

is based at the University of Heidelberg. the inter

disciplinary research unit, Physiological Func-

tions of the APP Gene Family in the Central

Nervous System, is studying the amyloid precur

sor protein (App). the protein plays a key role in

the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. the re

searchers are also seeking to clarify the role App

plays in the communication of nerve cells in the

brain of healthy people, in particular its influence

on learning and memory processes. It is hoped that

a better understanding of App functions will help

develop new therapeutic approaches to Alzheim

er’s disease. the DFG has approved around 1.8 mil

lion euros in funding for the project.

In addition to these three collaborative research

centres, the German research Foundation is sup

porting other research units in 2013 including one

conducting research in tcell lymphomas. the re

sults of the project, Mature T-Cell Lymphomas,

leibniZ priZe winner

in december 2013, prof. armin von bogdandy, honorary professor of the faculty of law of Goethe University and director of the max planck insti-tute for comparative public law and international law in heidelberg, was awarded the leibniz prize by the German research foundation. this award was given to prof. bogdandy in recognition of his research on european and international law and on the formation of a public authority in trans- and in-ternational normative orders. he is following prof. rainer forst, being now the second researcher in the ‘formation of normative orders’ cluster of ex-cellence to be honoured with the most prestigious prize for research given by the dfG.

which is being coordinated by Goethe University,

may help improve the prognosis for lymph can

cer. Cancers of the lymphatic system vary widely

in their course, are difficult to diagnose and often

have a poor prognosis. “It is absolutely essential

that we have a fundamental understanding of the

pathogenesis of these complex and hitherto bare

ly researched mature tcell lymphomas if we are

to establish a rational basis for targeted and effec

tive treatment,” comments prof. MartinLeo Hans

mann of the Senckenberg Institute of pathology.

the other institutions collaborating with Goethe

University in this research unit are the Institute of

Cell Biology at the University of Duisburgessen,

the paul ehrlich Institute in Langen, the Institute

of Medical Informatics and Biometrics in Dresden,

and Department I of Internal Medicine, Univer

sity Hospital of Cologne. the funding amounts to

two million euros over the coming three years.

prof. reinhard dörner (53) is the first scientist to be awarded the Kassel foun-dation prize of “scientist of the year”. he publishes his research results in the most respected journals for physics, has scientific contacts all over the world, such as in berkeley, california, paris, hamburg, and shanghai, and has been of-fered professorships in Germany, the Usa, and sweden. but prof. dörner, who was born in wiesbaden, has remained loyal to the rhine-main area. he first studied in frankfurt and aachen before taking his doctorate in frankfurt. af-ter three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the lawrence berkeley nation-al laboratory in the Usa, he returned to Goethe University, where he took over the professorship from his doctoral mentor, horst schmidt-böcking. in applying and further developing the reaction microscope he had taken over from his pre-decessor horst schmidt-böcking, he and his team have made important contri-butions to a broad range of research topics, from fundamental research to ques-tions posed which, if answered, promise economic benefit.

research

intervieW With …

... Reinhard Dörner, professor of physics at Goethe University and executive Director of the Institute

of Nuclear physics. His work on and with the CoLtrIMS reaction microscope developed in Frankfurt

earned him the title of “Scientist of the Year” from the University of Frankfurt in 2013.

Prof. Dörner, the experiments performed in your working group are all based on the COLTRIMS method. What exactly is that?

coltrims is a reaction microscope. it uses laser light, x-ray beams or molecu-lar beams to split the atoms or molecules of a gas beam. a detector records when and where the particles hit its surface fol-lowing the collision. this enables us to determine in what direction the particles flew apart and at what speed. the advan-tage of this method can be best illustrated by analogy with a football match. nothing is gained by watching only the ball all the time or the tip of the striker’s boot. col-trims technology, however, allows us to record for the full 90 minutes where each player is and where he is running to.

And in what kind of research is this use-ful?

that is the beauty of coltrims – the method can be used universally. we have been able, for example, to “film” how vari-ous molecules are split by a strong la-ser pulse or by synchrotron radiation. we would similarly like to observe other pro-cesses where we know only the end result but not the exact sequence of events that

lead up to it, for example, when electrons are detached from atoms and when mol-ecules combine to form new compounds in chemical reactions. and, a few months ago, we were also able to end the decade-long bohr-einstein debate experimental-ly – in contrast to bohr who in the 1930s could use only theoretical arguments to convince einstein of the statistical inter-pretation of quantum mechanics. but col-trims can be used not just for fundamen-tal research but also for technologically, and therefore, economically important ap-plications. coltrims can be used, for ex-ample, to determine whether a chiral mol-ecule is present in a right- or left-handed form, i.e. as an image or mirror image. the difference may be crucial, for example, for the effectiveness of drugs.

How important is scientific collaboration to your work?

collaborations are absolutely essential to our work, all the more so as my work-ing group is more on the outside here in frankfurt in terms of the work it does. we collaborate, on the one hand, with indi-vidual research institutions, such as the lawrence national laboratory in berke-ley, california, the pierre-and-marie-cu-

rie University in paris, and the German electron synchrotron (desy) in hamburg. on the other hand, we are involved in re-search units such as the dfG research unit initiated by myself, interatomic coulombic decay, and in the loewe research focus elch (electron dynamics of chiral sys-tems), which started its work in 2013.

How did you react when you were award-ed the title of “Scientist of the Year” and what did you then do with the prize mon-ey?

i was overjoyed at the recognition of the work of my staff and myself. working con-ditions here at Goethe University are truly excellent, and not just materially. the col-legial atmosphere and the fair and consid-erate attitude to one another are simply unique. this is why i made the spontane-ous decision to donate not only 5,000 eu-ros towards junior researcher funding, as stipulated by the Kassel foundation, but also my personal share of 20,000 euros to the recipients of the Germany scholar-ship at Goethe University. i have gained so much here for my work as a scientist, i simply wanted to give something back to the university and its students.

neW research FunDing through LoeWe

success in the LoeWe prograMMe

In 2013, Goethe University once more successfully obtained considerable fund

ing under the State of Hesse Campaign for the Development of Scientific and

economic excellence (LoeWe). the LoeWe programme has been support

ing highquality research projects at universities and research institutions in

Hesse since 2008 and has raised their profile as a result.

the new LoeWe research focus, Ubiquitin Networks (Ub-Net), is concerned

with the small protein ubiquitin, which plays a regulatory role in many cel

lular processes and is associated with the pathogenesis of numerous diseases.

Goethe University is collaborating in the research focus with the Max planck

Institute for Heart and Lung research in Bad Nauheim. “We are only begin

ning to understand the complexity of the ubiquitin network,” explains Ivan

Dikic, professor at the Institute of Biochemistry II and spokesperson for the

initiative. “It is our goal to clarify the fundamental mechanisms and to study

the relationship between defects in the ubiquitin system and the resulting dis

eases in humans,” he added. Biochemists, structural and molecular biologists

as well as clinicians are all collaborating in the research. MerckSerano based

in Darmstadt is also involved in the project as an associated partner. As prof.

Dikic explains, this allows them to quickly test the potential therapeutic ben

efit of promising new target structures. the research is being supported with

funding of around 4.3 million euros over two years.

In addition, five Frankfurt research units are involved in the new LoeWe re

search focus, SynChemBio. In collaboration with their colleagues in Marburg

and Giessen, they are developing innovative chemical strategies for modelling

biological processes that play an important role in, for example, the manufac

ture of pharmaceuticals. Hitherto, synthetic chemical compounds often fail to

be as selective and precise as required. this is caused by the enormous com

plexity of biological systems. As Frankfurtbased prof. Harald Schwalbe of the

Institute of organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology and one of the deputy

spokespersons for the research focus explains, they are using modern struc

tural biology to understand the principles of highly selective modelling. this

involves the use of a wide repertoire of classes of compound and a broad range

of methods of organic, inorganic, and nanobased chemistry. the innovative

chemical structures and strategies are to be used as a basis for innovations in

industrial processes, particularly in active substance research in Hesse. the

state funding amounts to about 4.1 million euros over the coming three years.

Following an assessment by external appraisers, further funding totalling 18.5

million euros was approved in 2013 for the Cell and Gene Therapy LoeWe

centre. Goethe University is responsible for coordinating all the activities of

the centre, which was first approved at the beginning of 2011 and which has

now been extended until the end of 2016. the centre’s mission is to further

develop gene and cell therapy treatments, thereby making them more effi

cient, specific, and safer. Cell therapy involves the transplantation or injec

tion of human cells into specific diseased tissue. the aim is to activate the re

generative potential of the damaged organs and, as much as possible, to re

store their function.

Gene therapy, on the other hand, involves replacing individual genomic re

gions associated with disease with corresponding healthy versions. It is the

combination of the two treatment approaches that offers the hope of improv

ing the treatment of diseases that have not yet been successfully treated, such

as cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the blood and the organs involved

in forming blood. the other institutions collaborating with Goethe University

in this research are the GeorgSpeyerHaus in Frankfurt, the paul ehrlich In

stitute in Langen and the Max planck Institute for Heart and Lung research

in Bad Nauheim.

two LoeWe research foci being coordinated by Goethe University are being

supported with final funding until the end of 2014. these are the research

proposal, NeFF – Neuronal Coordination, which is researching the spatio

temporal interaction between nerve cell groups in the brain, and the interdis

ciplinary collaborative project, Digital Humanities – Integrated Prepara-

tion and Evaluation of Text-Based Corpora. the latter project involves

the development of methods and tools to scientifically evaluate and link the

vast amounts of data now available as digital text, images, film, sound record

ings, and catalogues.

Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler und Dr Rei-nier Boon, researchers at the Insti-tute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, analyse aspects of gene regulation in the cardiovascular system especially in old age. Their work is part of the research at the LOEWE centre “Cell and Gene Therapy”.

The 2500-year-old terracotta sculptures of the African Nok culture were on display in the Frankfurt Liebieghaus in 2013

institute oF archaeoLogicaL sciences

aFrica’s noK cuLture, oLDer than our caLenDar

they are known around the world, but are largely unexplored. the character

istic clay sculptures produced by the Nok culture have long been considered

as valuable objects of art. Hardly any scientific research, however, has been

done on the culture itself, based in what is now Nigeria in Africa. this is sur

prising as the discovery of iron smelting furnaces as well as the 2,500year

old sculptures in the 1960s caused a sensation at the time.

A team of archaeologists from Goethe University set itself the task of further

exploring these initial findings. the team of scientists has been carrying out

the research in Nigeria for eight years, funded by the German research Foun

dation. they have already gathered much evidence about the people of the

Nok culture, the way they lived and what they ate, and as so little was known

from previous research, each find is adding to our knowledge.

the archaeologists presented their findings in the Frankfurt Liebieghaus, in

an exhibition that ran from october 2013 to March 2014. the exhibition, Nok

– one Source of African Sculpture, not only displayed, for the very first time,

over 100 sculptures, items of pottery, and stone artefacts such as millstones,

dug out from around 60 different sites and then painstakingly restored for

the exhibition, but also recorded the work carried out by the researchers. “In

the exhibition we wanted to show how we work and what we

achieved and at the same time were keen to present the fig

ures in their cultural context,” comments Dr Nicole rupp

of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of Goethe Uni

versity. the exhibition was a joint collaboration between

the National Commission for Museums and Monuments,

Nigeria, the University of Jos, Nigeria, and the Centre for In

terdisciplinary African research of Goethe University. It will

be on permanent display in Nigeria in the future.

The House of Finance brings together research and education in law and economics under one roof.

support oF Junior researchers

the LaW anD the FinanciaL MarKets

law and economy in focUs

When questions are increasingly raised in the

worlds of politics, academia, and business about

regulation of financial markets in order to prevent

crises such as in 2008, then this becomes an issue

which economists and lawyers must try to resolve

together. At Goethe University also, the combined

legal and economic issues have increasingly come

to the fore over the course of the crisis in the fi

nancial markets, and are today an important area

of research here.

Doctoral candidates with an economic and legal

background who are tackling combined legal and

economic issues in their thesis receive support at

Goethe University in the interdisciplinary research

training group ‘Law and economics of Money and

Finance’. the group is based in the House of Fi

nance. A variety of courses provide the framework

for the interdisciplinary exchange of information

and ideas and for discussions about research. In

ternationally prominent academics, particularly

from the USA, the leaders in this field of research,

teach as visiting lecturers and discuss the candi

dates’ research proposals with them. 37 doctoral

candidates from all over the world are currently

participating in the programme. the programme

has been funded, since its inception in 2009, by

the Foundation of Money and Currency of the Ger

man Federal Bank. Following a positive evaluation

of the research training group by independent ex

perts, the Foundation Board decided in 2013 to ex

tend the programme for a further two years after

2014. the experts praised the success of the two

disciplines of law and economics in providing an

impressive course supporting graduates in an eco

nomically and socially relevant field of research.

In so doing, they were making an important con

tribution to the combined legal and economic re

search landscape in Germany.

fUndamental UnderstandinG of international financial marKets

the research network was further expanded in

2013 when Goethe University became part of the

Global Law in Finance Network (GLawFin) con

ceived and established by the professor of Law and

winner of the Max planck research prize 2012,

prof. Katharina pistor (Columbia Law School). the

goal is to research the Legal theory of Finance, a

new explanation of the complex interactions of

legal and economic factors on financial markets.

the GLawFiN supports selected doctoral candi

dates in providing detailed analyses of the theo

retical principles of the legal structure of interna

tional financial markets. they receive guidance

and insights from top academics and practitioners

in this area of research. the project is currently

based in the House of Finance, the Columbia Law

School in New York, and the oxford University

Law School. the Frankfurt professor Brigitte Haar,

Director of the House of Finance and spokesper

son for the research training group, Law and eco

nomics of Money and Finance, is the direct collab

orative partner of the network. the collaborative

research is supported by the Max planck Society,

the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the In

stitute for New economic thinking based in New

York and the LoeWe SAFe Centre of excellence

for research in financial markets.

s t uDy ing a nD t e aching

iMproveMent oF teaching anD stuDy conDitions

FounDations For the Future

In the winter semester 2013/2014, 45,100 stu

dents enrolled at Goethe University, an alltime

high. enrolment has therefore increased by around

14,000 since the winter semester 2007/2008. the

different faculties, the Governing Board, the ad

ministration, and the student services organisa

tion (Studentenwerk) are all rising to the chal

lenge represented by this increase in numbers.

the aim is to maintain the good study conditions

at Goethe University.

Never before have so many students attended the

various sites of the university over the course of

its almost 100year history. “We are delighted at

this enormous display of trust by so many young

people from the region, from within Germany,

europe, and around the world,” commented tan

ja Brühl, Vicepresident with responsibility for

teaching. As she then goes on to explain, however,

the high numbers are a challenge for both Goethe

University and the city of Frankfurt. the pressure

on accommodation and the high rents are a serious

disadvantage for the university in terms of its loca

tion compared with other university towns. this is

despite the 300 to 500 offers of accommodation re

ceived every semester through the private accom

modation exchange initiated by the student ser

vices organisation and the student union (AStA).

Frankfurt suffers from a distinct lack of student

accommodation compared to other cities across

Germany. the university, city, student services or

ganisation, and the municipal housing association

ABG are jointly seeking to improve the situation

and are currently working on ideas for addition

al accommodation at affordable prices. 2013 saw

some initial success in this area, with new accom

modation for just under 400 students being com

pleted and occupied.

A new seminar pavilion on Campus Westend has

helped alleviate the pressure on teaching space

and a further seminar building is currently under

construction. teaching has benefited in particular

from a professorship programme, unique across

Germany, that makes it possible to appoint a total

of 40 new university teaching staff. A substantial

number of these appointments were made in 2013.

While the Bologna workshops, launched in 2010

to bring about improvements in degree courses,

were successfully continued in 2013, the univer

sity also set up a teaching strategy workshop. the

aim of this new workshop is to develop a mission

statement for teaching and to formulate different

visions of teaching. A further aim is to create a

basis for the development of measures and indica

tors for assessing degree courses. In 2013, as part

of this strategy workshop, members attended the

symposium ‘SelfImage and perspectives of Uni

versity teaching – Scope for Action at a Full Uni

versity’ with external speakers such as Dr Sabine

Behrenbeck, Director of tertiary education at the

German Council of Science and Humanities. the

strategy workshop is led by Vicepresident prof.

tanja Brühl. All the different discipline cultures

and status groups are represented in the workshop.

stuDent survey

eight out oF ten recoMMenD goethe university

2013 was the first time that Goethe University conducted an online survey of

its students on their study and living conditions. A total of over 8,500 ques

tionnaires were completed and returned, making it one of the most compre

hensive surveys ever conducted at a German university. the result was very

gratifying; about 80% of students recommended studying at Goethe Universi

ty. However, there was also criticism of the lack of places for students to learn

and work and of the organisation of courses and examinations. “the aim of

the survey was to establish an empirically sound basis for any decisions we

make to improve the quality of our courses. We now have a much better idea

of what students appreciate about their university and where there is still room

for improvement. this will help us to make specific changes,” observed prof.

Werner Müllerester, the president of the University.

the students consider the duration of studies as defined in the Bologna mod

el unrealistic, with only half of the undergraduates and a good third of the

postgraduates and those studying for state examinations expecting to com

plete their studies within the period stipulated. the main reasons given for

the delays were employment and the overlapping of courses. A bachelor’s de

gree was often not regarded as a professional qualification. 85% of the stu

dents intended to study for a master’s degree, with half of them expressing

the wish to do so at Goethe University. the survey also revealed that 24% of

the students had an immigrant background. this figure is significantly high

er than the national average of 11%. A total of 130 different nationalities are

represented at the university.

By far the most common suggestions for improvement were opportunities for

occupational training and for making contact with potential employers. the

university is seeking to respond to these suggestions and to strengthen its con

tacts with the world of work, for example by further developing the Career

Center, as mentioned by Vicepresident prof. Manfred SchubertZsilavecz.

Separate disciplinebased evaluations of the survey should provide each dis

cipline with a differentiated picture, be discussed with students and result in

specific recommendations for action.

A gratifying result from the compre-hensive survey conducted in 2013: about 80% of students recommend studying at Goethe University.

course inForMation

getting a Better iDea oF your preFerreD suBJect BeForehanD

Goethe University is seeking to provide prospective

students with even more support in choosing the

right subject to study at university. A new service

is being provided by the Student Advisory Service

that, in future, will allow prospective students to

find out about all subjects interactively and real

istically. the respective online subject assistants

provide information about the degree course, ask

users about their strengths and interests and give

them the opportunity to work on typical exercises

within the subject. Students and lecturers also dis

cuss the principal features of the subject in short

video clips. the aim is to provide a similar ser

vice for each subject offered by Goethe University,

thereby giving an overview of the broad range of

subjects taught and an insight into the course con

tent and research methods in each subject. “With

the online subject assistants, we are looking to

help prospective students choose the right subject

and enjoy their studies in Frankfurt. By providing

information and advice early on, we are also hop

ing to lower the number of students who drop out

of courses,” emphasised Dr Stephanie Dinkelaker,

who is responsible for the development of the ser

vice in the teaching and Quality Assurance of

fice of Goethe University. She then explained how

students need to know their own abilities before

deciding on a specific subject and whether they

need to close any specific gaps in their knowledge

before they start their studies so that these do not

become an issue later on. A direct invitation is also

extended to users of the service to arrange meet

ings with the Student Advisory Service for advice

or to register for events specifically for pupils. So

far, this online assistance is available for ten sub

jects, including Chemistry, History of Art and Law.

More than 100 experts from German, Austrian,

and Swiss universities attended the national net

working conference held at Goethe University in

2013 to discuss the opportunities for providing

webbased advice. they discussed the various ap

proaches and ideas for advice, which to date range

from pure infotainment services to hybrid forms

through to compulsory subject entrance tests.

What is the right subject for me? The online subject assistants provide guidance and allow prospective students to familiarise themselves interactively and individually with the requirements of each subject.

Tim Sievers, 22 years old and studying for a master’s in Islamic studies

“i completed my bachelor’s degree in islamic studies here at Goethe University and so i am one of its first graduates in islam-ic studies. i opted for the new master’s as i would like to do research in future. i am interested in learning how to approach the comprehensive and various traditions of islam scientifically. what attracted me in particular was the scientific critical approach to the religion of islam taught here by leading islamic scholars. the institute has a friendly working environment and students can call on professional advice and support at any time. i am planning to spend the coming winter semester studying in london so i can become more familiar with the different perspectives on islam that they have over there.”

Elif Taskinsoy, 23 years old and studying for a master’s in Islamic studies

“i enjoyed my bachelor’s course here at frankfurt so much, and the good insight it gave me into the fundamentals of islam, that i would very much like to study for a doctorate in the subject. i can well see myself embarking on a university career. this is why i first want to get a master’s. i’m interested in learning a lot more about the various disciplines of islam and the accompanying sci-entific discourse. this is why i’m particularly looking forward to the big international conference on the horizons of islamic the-ology being organised by our institute at Goethe University in september 2014. there will be well over 200 speakers.”

Bekim Agai, 39 years old and Professor in the Culture and History of Islam in the Past and Present since 2013 and also Execu-tive Director of the Institute for Studies of the Culture and Religion of Islam

“we have been working on establishing a new subject for a number of years – it’s a job with many possibilities but also many challenges, both in terms of organisation, for example with regard to the various degree courses, and of content. we are seeking to properly reflect islam, islamic knowledge production, and the reception of islam in europe within the discipline and to com-municate this approach to students. we collaborate with many other subjects to put islam in context. in this exchange of infor-mation and ideas, we are seeking to provide sound knowledge about islam that also stems from muslims and which stimulates both interdisciplinary scientific discourse and social discussion.”

isLaMic stuDies

isLaM in research anD teaching

centre of islamic stUdies

the new Centre of Islamic Studies was opened at Goethe University in col

laboration with the Justus Liebig University of Giessen in June 2013. It is one

of four university centres of Islamic theology in Germany supported by the

Federal Ministry of education and research; the state of Hesse also provides

funding. the purpose of the centre is to help bring about closer collaboration

in teaching and research. It combines the professorships of the Institute for

Studies of the Culture and religion of Islam at Goethe University with the

professorship of Islamic religious teaching in Frankfurt as well as the profes

sorship of Islamic theology and its teaching in Giessen and coordinates teach

ing and research activities. research areas are exegesis of the Koran, Islamic

religion, society and culture, and Islamic history of ideas. An express aim of

the centre is collaboration with associated disciplines. these include linguis

tics and cultural studies, Christian theologies, Judaism, religious philosophy,

and other subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Collaborations are

already in place in the project ‘religion in Dialogue’, in the research training

group ‘theology as Science’, and with the ‘Formation of Normative orders’

Cluster of excellence.

one of the essential tasks of the centre is also the training of Islamic religious

teachers. this will be provided on two different sites, with secondary school

teachers being trained in Frankfurt and primary school teachers in Giessen.

new master’s in islamic stUdies

other study options are also already in place in the Frankfurt institute as well

as future teacher training. Around 300 students are currently enrolled in the

bachelor’s degree course in Islamic theology, by some distance the most suc

cessful bachelor’s degree course in Islamic studies in the whole of Germany.

the new researchbased master’s degree course in Islamic studies has now

also been in place since the 2013/2014 winter semester. It allows students to

acquire deeper knowledge of the paradigmatic, theoretical, and methodologi

cal principles of the subject. the link with other subjects in the humanities

and cultural and social sciences also figures prominently here. In addition,

the students have the opportunity to familiarise themselves abroad with the

latest developments in Islamic theology in the respective country and to learn

to conduct research in the respective foreign language. A master’s degree in

Islamic studies provides career opportunities in academic, sociopolitical, cul

tural, and religious fields.

Learning, teaching, and conducting research at the Centre for Islamic Studies: Elif Taskinsoy (left), Prof. Bekim Agai (centre), and Tim Sievers (right)

gerMany schoLarship prograMMe

at the top With a recorD 606 gerMany schoLars

the Germany Scholarship programme has been

an unparalleled success at Goethe University. the

University has been initiating an increasing num

ber of privately financed scholarships year on year

since 2011 and, with this commitment, is now the

leading German university in terms of Germany

scholarships. the Germany Scholarship therefore

helps make Frankfurt noticeably more appealing

as a place of study.

2013, the third year of the Germany Scholarship,

was a recordbreaking year, with a total of 606

scholarships. Around 1.1 million euros was raised

from more than 280 different supporters of the

scheme – private individuals as well as companies,

foundations, and associations.

the record result was in part due to two gener

ous donations from honorary senator Johanna

Quandt, who provided funding for 263 scholar

ships, and the DekaBank, which supported 42

scholarships to mark the university’s centenary.

the Germany scholars receive not only 300 eu

ros monthly but also intellectual support. As a

result of this support, Goethe University was de

clared one of three overall winners in 2013 by

the Association for the promotion of Science and

Humanities in the competition for the best ideas

for promoting the students, Supporting the Best.

Central to the programme is the work done in in

terdisciplinary groups of Germany scholars with

the voluntary support of wellestablished figures

as mentors. the latter work in key posts in vari

ous local sectors and have extensive professional

experience. the students work on projects they

have chosen themselves that also benefit the city

of Frankfurt and its people. these include a series

of public lectures on the theme of love, the men

toring programme ‘University in CloseUp’ for pu

pils studying for their university entrance quali

fication, and the development of a multigenera

tional housing concept.

the Germany Scholarship is a means whereby

the federal government and private donors can

jointly provide funding for talented and commit

ted students; its intended purpose is to establish

a new scholarship culture in Germany. the uni

versities raise donations, and this allows students

to also benefit from the city of Frankfurt’s foun

dation culture.

The ‘University in Close-Up’ project organised by Germany scholars

is university right for me? what subject should i take? am i ready for student life? these and many other questions from pupils thinking about going to university often remain unanswered if they don’t have the right people to talk to or have no direct insight into university life. to bridge this gap, 27 Germany scholars at Goethe University developed the project ‘University in close-Up’. they brought pupils and students together in pairs, thereby giv-ing pupils the opportunity to receive individual and comprehensive advice and support in deciding about their future career choices. 90 pupils took advantage of this service in may and June 2013 and accompanied their student partner for a full day in a subject of their choice. the subjects cho-sen varied widely, with over 30 different subjects being requested by the pupils. the response was very positive and so the project will be continued and developed further by the Germany scholars.

uni v ersit y on t he Mov e

centenary

anticipation oF the university’s hunDreDth BirthDay

Since 2011, Goethe University has been preparing

intensively for its centenary in 2014. It would like

to use the centenary to promote its profile as a citi

zens’ university more strongly than ever before, and

to demonstrate the social relevance of its research

activities. the slogan, “pursuit of Knowledge for

Society”, is reflected throughout the programme

of more than 100 events, with 60 being organised

within the faculties and by many of the students;

the aim is to show the university in all its variety.

the highlight of the year of celebrations will be the

formal ceremony with Federal president Joachim

Gauck in the Frankfurt paulskirche, which will

be held on 18 october 2014, exactly 100 years to

the day since the university was officially opened.

events celebrating the centenary, however, will be

held throughout 2014, with the university tak

ing a selfcritical view of its own past. Among the

subjects addressed will be the expulsion of Jewish

intellectuals and academics after 1933 and, in an

exhibition curated by students, the fate of the 36

Jewish founders who amassed a substantial part

of the Foundation’s assets used to found the uni

versity in 1914.

Goethe University has raised considerable addi

tional private funding for its centenary. the inten

tion is not only to finance a large part of the cel

ebrations from private donations, thereby easing

the pressure on the university budget as much as

possible, but also to use the centenary to do some

thing for the university’s academic programme

and teaching. the funds raised allowed the uni

versity, for example, to already establish in 2013

a number of foundation professorships relevant to

the centenary. By June 2013, the funds raised al

ready totalled around eight million euros.

In october 2013, the university celebrated its 99th

birthday with staff, students, and the people of

Frankfurt and gave a detailed preview of the pro

gramme of events for the centenary, the entire year

being marked with exhibitions, festivals, and spe

cial individual events.

publicity campaigns will support the programme.

the buses of the rhineMain transport Associa

tion (rMV) for instance will carry the theme of the

educational journey in a university design. “our

purpose is to show that prominent university fig

ures are part of Frankfurt’s identity, and that every

citizen of Frankfurt can also be part of this jour

ney,” explains Dr olaf Kaltenborn, press officer for

Goethe University and responsible for the opera

tional preparations for the centenary. Large post

ers in public places and information about events

on display screens in the underground will also be

used to stimulate interest in the centenary.

Come and join in the celebrations!

Balloons on the university’s 99th birthday: staff, students, and the people of Frankfurt find out about the proposed programme of events for the centenary year 2014

university on the Move

intervieW With …

... Peter Feldmann, Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main since 1 July 2012. He was elected

as the new Chair of the Foundation Curatorium of Goethe University in September 2013.

Mr Feldmann, the Foundation Curatorium advises Goethe University on its develop-ment. What aspects of this work are im-portant to you personally?

as a citizens’ and foundation universi-ty, Goethe University is a university of the people of frankfurt. the role of the cura-torium is to connect the university with society. as the chair of the curatorium, i see it as one of my most important tasks to demonstrate these close ties within the city and also beyond. it is also a matter of providing opportunities for the people of frankfurt to be involved. the concept of a citizens’ university is therefore ideal for putting academic discourse on a broad so-cial basis.

How can the links between city and uni-versity be further strengthened?

the people of frankfurt who founded the university in 2014 were very much com-mitted to this idea also because they were doing it for their city. we need to not only maintain this historic link but also expand it strategically. to mark this, we are ring-ing in the centenary year of Goethe Uni-versity with a large ceremony in the pauls-kirche. many other joint events will follow in 2014 that provide excellent opportuni-ties for the people of frankfurt to engage with the university. this will also include the symposium ‘the University and the city’ with many academics and practition-ers.

it is a wonderful sign for frankfurt that around 45,000 young people are now studying at Goethe University. at the same time, i am concerned about the housing shortage in frankfurt, which also specifi-cally affects students. i am currently en-gaged in positive talks on this issue with the various players with a view to provid-

ing affordable accommodation for a maxi-mum number of students.

How can Frankfurt and Goethe Universi-ty together further increase their interna-tional appeal?

one of my first official acts as lord mayor was to make various trips abroad togeth-er with representatives of the universi-ties in frankfurt. the links with education-al and research institutions in our partner cities are already good, but i would like to strengthen them further. together with the president of the University, prof. werner müller-esterl, i came to realise on one of these trips that we must promote the im-age of frankfurt as a location for research and a highly skilled workforce even more strongly. this is why, for example, we have produced a joint brochure advertising for companies to establish themselves here in frankfurt. frankfurt not only has an ex-cellent infrastructure and varied cultural facilities but, with a student population of over 65,000, is also, above all, a city with a workforce that has all the skills a com-pany requires. our message is quite clear: come to frankfurt and you will find all the staff you need!

Why do you like coming to the Children’s University and welcoming first-semester students in person?

it is something close to my heart. the chil-dren’s University is an opportunity for us to show children with a poor educational background in particular that the univer-sity has a lot to offer in terms of creativi-ty and the exchange of ideas and to intro-duce them to higher education at an early age. higher education is a potential gate-way to mobility and better integration in society. welcoming first-semester stu-dents comes naturally to me and is a more

personal way of giving students a warm welcome to their new home of frankfurt. i am really happy to see all these young people so keen to study at this wonder-ful university and live in our cosmopoli-tan city.

If you had the choice, what subject would you like to study at Goethe University and why?

i’d probably opt for sports sciences com-bined with economics and business ad-ministration to improve my chances of working as the sports director of eintracht or fsv frankfurt!

Peter Feldmann, Frankfurt’s Lord Mayor and, since 2013, Chair of the Foundation Curatorium of Goethe University, visits the Children’s University

structuraL renovation oF goethe university

More space For teaching anD research

the structural renovation of Goethe University is

continuing apace. 2013 saw the completion and

handover of important buildings on Campuses

Westend, Bockenheim, and riedberg. Building

work also continued throughout the year on the

medical Campus Niederrad.

the biggest change took place on Campus West-

end. In April 2013, the Faculties of psychology,

educational Science, and Social Sciences (peG),

Human Geography as well as the Governing Board

and the Administration (pA) moved from Bocken

heim to their new homes. this has brought an ad

ditional 10,000 students and just under 1,000 staff

to Campus Westend. the fivestorey peG Faculty

Building also houses a joint faculty library, lec

ture theatres, seminar rooms, the Academic Ad

visory Service, and a cafeteria. A special feature

of the building is a towerlike historical remnant

discovered during excavation work and which has

been built into the library by the architects. the

archaeologists believe it was once an ice cellar in

the 19th century. the two buildings, built at a total

cost of 150 million euros, were officially opened by

Goethe University and the state of Hesse at a cer

emony in August attended by the Ministerpresi

dent of Hesse, Volker Bouffier. In autumn 2013,

the Max planck Institute for european Legal His

tory moved into its new building close by.

A seminar pavilion providing additional large

semi nar rooms on Campus Westend was complet

ed towards the end of 2013, after just 13 months

of construction. the 1,200 square metre building

houses twelve seminar rooms. the building of the

seminar pavilion and a new seminar house cur

rently under construction are being managed by

the university itself; the costs of around 27 mil

lion euros are jointly borne by the university and

the state of Hesse.

the capacity of the canteen in the Casino was ex

panded in the summer of 2013 due to the large

increase in the number of students and staff on

Campus Westend. the daycare facility for chil

dren was enlarged by 530 square metres; the fa

cility can now cater for 78 children.

the new building for the ‘Formation of Normative

orders’ Cluster of excellence, officially opened in

February 2013, has further increased the profile

of humanities and social sciences. the building’s

completion can be considered a good example of a

particularly successful collaboration between the

worlds of politics and academia; as the only build

ing project involving both the humanities and the

social sciences, it was among the winners of a com

petition organised by the German Council of Sci

ence and Humanities and the Joint Science Con

ference of the Federal Government and the Län

der. the costs of around eleven million euros were

shared equally by the federal government and the

state of Hesse.

the areas left vacant on Campus Bockenheim fol

lowing all the moves became the temporary home

for the Faculty of Linguistics, Cultures, and Arts as

well as those departments awaiting completion of

their new building on Campus Westend. the stu

dent services organisation will initially also re

main on the site and the lecture theatres in the

old main building will also continue to be used.

the intention is to clear the whole Campus Bock-

enheim by the end of 2017. the University Li

brary will follow after 2020. At the end of 2013,

the Jügelhaus, the historic listed main building of

Goethe University, became part of the Sencken

berg research Institute and Natural History Mu

seum. the southern area of Campus Bockenheim

passed into the hands of the municipal housing

association ABG in 2013 and is to be used for the

new cultural campus.

In a Letter of Intent at the start of 2013, the state

of Hesse and Goethe University agreed to erect a

new building for the Faculty of Computer Science

and Mathematics on Campus Riedberg. over a

period of 15 years, Goethe University will con

tribute a total of 20 million euros from its own

funds to cover the projected costs of around 49 mil

lion euros. the project is part of a proposed pack

age that also includes developments for the third

phase of expansion on Campus Westend and an

initial tranche of construction for the Institutes

of Chemistry on Campus riedberg. the Institutes

have been on the same site since the midsixties

and should have a new building at some point af

ter 2017.

the european Cardiovascular Science Centre

Frankfurt (eC SCF) on the grounds of the Uni

versity Hospital was officially handed over in Au

gust 2013. the combination, in this form, of clini

cal and experimental research in the field of car

diovascular disease, which also incorporates the

‘Cardiopulmonary System’ Cluster of excellence,

is unique in Germany. the state of Hesse and the

federal government have invested 33.5 million eu

ros in the centre.

Construction on the teaching, learning, and ex

amination centre, Medicum, on Campus Nieder-

rad was started in 2013.

Shared space for a unique combina-tion: Clinical and experimental research on cardiovascular diseases is conducted in the European Cardio-vascular Science Centre Frankfurt (tower on the right).

Thomas Platte, Director of Construc-tion Management in the state of Hesse, Volker Bouffier, the Minister-President of Hesse, and Prof. Werner Müller-Esterl, President of the Uni-versity (from left to right), open the new buildings on Campus Westend in a formal ceremony.

New on Campus Westend: 10,000 stu-dents and hundreds of administrative staff are using the building which houses the Faculties of Psychology, Educational Science, and Social Sciences (PEG) as well as Human Geography. The Governing Board and the Administration also moved into a new home in 2013.

tiMeLine

the year 2013 in BrieF

8 January | reSeArCH FUNDING

the Federal Ministry of education and research awards 3.9 million euros of funding for the new dual centre programme AFrASo on African and Asian interactions.

1 March | perSoNNeL

Volker Wieland, professor of Monetary economics at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability in the House of Finance, is appointed by the Federal president as a member of the German Council of economic experts.

6 March | reSeArCH FUNDING/StUDYING AND teACHING

Goethe University receives 900,000 euros from the German Academic exchange Service for the promotion of strategic university partnerships.

8 March | UNIVerSItY poLICY

In a civil clause, Goethe University undertakes to ensure that all teaching, research, and study serve civilian and peaceful purposes.

30 April | UNIVerSItY poLICY

Goethe University and the technical University of Darmstadt agree to collaborate even more closely in future in their strategic partnership in research, teaching, and further professional development, first established in 2005.

2 May | AWArDS

the city of Frankfurt am Main awards the Fritz Bauer Institute the Ignatz Bubis prize for Understanding, worth 50,000 euros.

24 May | StUDYING AND teACHING

Students organise the Next Generation Forum under the slogan, “Facing opportunities – Managing risks”, a business conference under the auspices of the european parliament and JeanClaude Junckers for more than 200 talented and committed students from the whole of europe.

5 June | StUDYING AND teACHING

the 88yearold winner of the Nobel prize for Literature, Dario Fo, discusses democracy and financial markets with students.

11 June | AWArDS

prof. Horst Stöcker, one of the founders of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), is awarded the state of Hesse order of Merit.

13 June | FoUNDAtIoN UNIVerSItY

the Instituto Vasco etxepare and Goethe University launch the new Chillida visiting professorship for Basque art and culture, awarded to Dr Ana Maria rabe in 2013.

19 June | reSeArCH/ StUDYING AND teACHING

Goethe University opens the Centre of Islamic Studies with the then state of Hesse Minister of Justice, Integration, and europe, JörgUwe Hahn, in attendance.

10 July | CoMpetItIoN

Four Frankfurt students take part in the University Games in Kazan, russia. physics student Kathrin Isabell thoma wins a silver medal in rowing with Nora Wessel from the University of Hanover.

11 July | rANKING

For the second time, Goethe University is placed in the highest category by the German research Foundation for its implementation of equal opportunity in research.

12 July | reSeArCH FUNDING

Goethe University successfully secures considerable funding for the research area Ubiquitin Networks under the State Campaign for the Development of Scientific and economic excellence (LoeWe). In addition, Frankfurt researchers are involved in the new Marburg research focus, SynChemBio.

17 July | reSeArCH FUNDING

the Volkswagen Foundation supports research proposals in the Interdisciplinary Centre for east Asian Studies in the initiative ‘Key Issues for Academia and Society’ with 1.37 million euros.

23 August | FoUNDAtIoN UNIVerSItY

the state of Hesse Ministerpresident, Volker Bouffier, and the president of the University, prof. Mülleresterl, ceremonially open the new buildings of the Faculties of psychology, educational Science, and Social Sciences (peG) as well as the Governing Board and the Administration (pA) on Campus Westend.

23 September | FoUNDAtIoN UNIVerSItY

Frankfurt’s Lord Mayor, peter Feldmann is unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Foundation Curatorium of Goethe University.

10 october | FoUNDAtIoN UNIVerSItY

the winter semester begins with a record number of students, with a total enrolment of more than 45,000 students, including 9,600 first semester students.

18 october | eVeNtS

Staff, students, and the people of Frankfurt celebrate the 99th birthday of Goethe University and find out about the projects for the centenary year.

18 october | UNIVerSItY poLICY

In a position paper, the Conference of University Governing Boards of the State of Hesse expresses the expectation that future state governments will continue to support the high level of academic teaching, study, and research in Hesse.

14 November | eVeNtS

the Institute for research in Children’s literature – unique in the Germanspeaking world – celebrates its 50th birthday.

3 December | perSoNNeL

the American civil rights activist and social scientist, prof. Angela Davis, speaks at the launch of the new visiting professorship for international gender and diversity studies, which will bear her name from now on.

9 December | perSoNNeL

one of the highest profile philosophers of the present day, the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum, professor of Law and ethics at the University of Chicago, assumes the visiting professorship of the Dagmar Westberg Foundation.

13 December | FoUNDAtIoN UNIVerSItY

Goethe University celebrates the topping out ceremony for the new seminar house, which will be available for use at the start of 2015, and also the inauguration of the seminar pavilion.

8 February: Inauguration of the new building for the ‘Normative Orders’ Cluster of Excellence with the then state of Hesse Minister of Science and Art, Eva Kühne-Hörmann

12 June: “Knowledge moves” – staff and academics on the company run in Frankfurt

13 September: The first spadeful of earth is turned for the new teaching, learning, and ex-amination centre, Medicum, with Prof. Luise Hölscher, then Secretary of State in the state of Hesse Ministry of Finance, and Ingmar Jung, Secretary of State in the state of Hesse Ministry of Science and Art (centre)

13 December: The new seminar house will in future provide more space for teaching

3 December: Prof. Angela Davis launches the visiting professorship for international gender and diversity studies that bears her name

coll aborative research centres (sfb) in 2013

SFB/Transregio 23

Vascular Differentiation and Remodelling

SpeAKer: proF. HeLLMUt AUGUStIN,

MeDICAL FACULtY oF MANNHeIM oF tHe

UNIVerSItY oF HeIDeLBerG

SFB/Transregio 49

Condensed Matter Systems with Variable Many-Body

Interactions

SpeAKer: proF. MICHAeL LANG,

INStItUte oF pHYSICS, FACULtY 13

SFB 807

Transport and Communication across Biological

Membranes

SpeAKer: proF. roBert tAMpé,

INStItUte oF BIoCHeMIStrY, FACULtY 14

SFB 815

Redox Regulation: Generator Systems and Functional

Consequences

SpeAKer: proF. BerNHArD BrüNe,

INStItUte oF BIoCHeMIStrY I, FACULtY 16

SFB 834

Endothelial Signalling and Vascular Repair

SpeAKer: proF. INGrID FLeMING,

INStItUte For VASCULAr SIGNALLING, FACULtY 16

SFB 902

Molecular Principles of RNA-Based Regulation

SpeAKer: proF. HArALD SCHWALBe,

INStItUte oF orGANIC CHeMIStrY AND CHeMICAL

BIoLoGY, FACULtY 14

SFB 1039

Disease-Related Signal Transduction through Fatty Acid

Derivatives and Sphingolipids

SpeAKer: proF. JoSeF M. pFeILSCHIFter,

INStItUte For GeNerAL pHArMACoLoGY AND

toxICoLoGY, FACULtY 16

SFB 1080

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Neural

Homeostasis

DepUtY SpeAKer: proF. AMpAro ACKerpALMer,

INStItUte oF CeLL BIoLoGY AND NeUroSCIeNCe,

FACULtY 15

research Units in 2013

Research Unit 1206

Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice – Applied and

Global

SpeAKer: proF. rAINer ForSt,

‘ForMAtIoN oF NorMAtIVe orDerS’ CLUSter oF

exCeLLeNCe, FACULtY 3

Research Unit 1525

INUIT – Ice Nuclei research UnIT

SpeAKer: proF. JoACHIM CUrtIUS,

INStItUte For tHe AtMoSpHere AND tHe

eNVIroNMeNt, FACULtY 11

Research Unit 1783

Relative Clauses

SpeAKer: proF. tHoMAS eDe ZIMMerMANN,

INStItUte oF LINGUIStICS, FACULtY 10

Research Unit 1789

Intermolecular and Interatomic Coulombic Decay

SpeAKer: proF. reINHArD DörNer,

INStItUte For NUCLeAr pHYSICS, FACULtY 13

Research Unit 1961

Mature T-Cell Lymphomas – Mechanisms of Perturbed

Clonal T-Cell Homeostasis

SpeAKer: proF. MArtINLeo HANSMANN,

SeNCKeNBerG INStItUte oF pAtHoLoGY, FACULtY 16

priorit y proGrammes in 2013

DFG Priority Programme 1236

Structures and Properties of Crystals at Extremely High

Pressures and Temperatures

CoorDINAtor: proF. BJörN WINKLer,

INStItUte oF MINerALoGY, FACULtY 11

Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning

Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes

CoorDINAtor: proF. eCKHArD KLIeMe,

INStItUte For GeNerAL eDUCAtIoNAL SCIeNCeS

(We I), FACULtY 4

Atmospheric and Earth System Research With the “High

Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft” (HALO)

proJeCt SUperVISor: proF. JoACHIM CUrtIUS,

INStItUte For tHe AtMoSpHere AND tHe

eNVIroNMeNt, FACULtY 11

FunDing oF structureD prograMMes

coLLaBorative research centres (sFB); gerMan research FounDation (DFg) research units anD priority prograMMes; research training groups in 2013

K noW LeDge, Fac ts a nD F igures

dfG research traininG GroUps

Research, Development, and Safety of

Bioengineered Drugs (Biologics)

(Faculties 16/14/Georg-Speyer-Haus)

SpeAKer: proF. JoSeF M. pFeILSCHIFter,

INStItUte oF GeNerAL pHArMACoLoGY AND

toxICoLoGY

International Research Training Group:

Political Communication from Ancient Times

to the 20th Century (Faculty 8)

SpeAKer: proF. LUISe SCHorNSCHütte,

HIStorY SeMINAr

University of trento (Italy), Alma Mater Studiorum –

University of Bologna (Italy), University of Innsbruck

(Austria); the University of pavia (Italy) is also associated

Theology as Science – Formation Processes of

the Reflexivity of Faith Traditions, Analysed

from a Historical and Systematic Perspective

(Faculties 6–9)

SpeAKer: proF. tHoMAS M. SCHMIDt,

reLIGIoUS pHILoSopHY

Value and Equivalence. The Genesis

and Transformation of Values from an

Archaeological and Anthropological

Perspective (Faculties 8/9)

SpeAKer: proF. HANSMArKUS VoN KAeNeL,

INStItUte oF ArCHAeoLoGICAL SCIeNCeS, Dept. II

research training groups are also located at the

collaborative research centres 807, 815, 834, and

international ma X pl ancK research schools

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

SpeAKer: proF. JoS LeLIeVeLD,

MpI For CHeMIStrY (MAINZ)

Comparative Legal History

SpeAKer: proF. tHoMAS DUVe,

MpI For eUropeAN LeGAL HIStorY (FrANKFUrt);

proF. LoUIS pAHLoW, INStItUte oF LeGAL HIStorY,

FACULtY 1

Heart and Lung Research

SpeAKer: proF. tHoMAS BrAUN,

MpI For HeArt AND LUNG reSeArCH (BAD

NAUHeIM)

Neural Circuits

SpeAKer: proF. erIN SCHUMANN,

MpI For BrAIN reSeArCH (FrANKFUrt)

Structure and Function of Biological

Membranes

SpeAKer: proF. WerNer KüHLBrANDt,

MpI For BIopHYSICS (FrANKFUrt)

helmholtZ research school

Quark Matter Studies in Heavy Ion Collisions

CoorDINAtor: proF. HArALD AppeLSHÄUSer,

INStItUte For NUCLeAr pHYSICS, FACULtY 13

helmholtZ GradUate school

Antiproton and Ion Research at the Institute

for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt

partner: technical University of Darmstadt, Goethe

University Frankfurt am Main, Justus Liebig University

Gießen, ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Johannes

Gutenberg University Mainz

DIreCtor At GoetHe UNIVerSItY: proF. HArALD

AppeLSHÄUSer, INStItUte For NUCLeAr pHYSICS,

FACULtY 13

international doctoral proGrammes (ipp)

IPP Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a

Transnational World

proJeCt SUperVISor: proF. HeLMA LUtZ,

SoCIoLoGY WItH A FoCUS oN WoMeN’S AND GeNDer

StUDIeS, FACULtY 3

IPP Religion in Dialogue

proJeCt CoorDINAtor: Dr. KArSteN SCHMIDt,

INStItUte For reLIGIoUS StUDIeS, FACULtY 6

7 th eU frameworK proGramme for research, marie cUrie initial traininG net worKs

CLOUD-ITN: Cloud Initial Training Network

CoorDINAtor: proF. JoACHIM CUrtIUS,

INStItUte For tHe AtMoSpHerIC AND

eNVIroNMeNtAL SCIeNCeS, FACULtY 11

SPOT-ITN: Pollen thermotolerance and crop

fertility

CoorDINAtor: proF. eNrICo SCHLeIFF,

INStItUte For MoLeCULAr BIoSCIeNCeS,

FACULtY 15

stuDents

Distribution of students by faculty (2013/14 winter semester)

*Qts = Qualified teacher status

DeFinitions anD generaL notes

Students: students include all matriculated people (»headcount«) whatever their branch of study, their qualification or their type of course. the main subject of the first degree programme taken by each matriculated student counts.

Students on leave: students who are matriculated at the university but do not provide or make use of any services.

Students in the first semester of their subject: all students studying their subject for their first semester, whatever other semesters they have studied at university.

German or international students with foreign qualifications: German and internati-onal students who have gained their university entrance qualification abroad or on a studienkolleg preparatory course.

Teaching qualifications – The following teaching qualifications are covered: primary school (Grundschule)secondary school to year 10 (hauptschule, realschule)secondary school to year 12/13 (Gymnasium)sen (special educational needs) schools (förderschule)and corresponding extensions.

Note: the following lists exclude students with dsh German language test and university entrance exam

Overview:students incl. those on leave in 2013/14 winter semester: 44,974students excl. those on leave in 2013/14 winter semester: 44,313of whom students not including trainee teachers: 38,468of whom trainee teachers only: 6,506

FacultyTotal Female International students Students

on leave of absenceStudents Not QTS* QTS Not QTS* QTS Not QTS* QTS

law 4,520 4,520 - 2,625 - 343 - 55

economics and business administration 4,361 4,361 - 1,896 - 683 - 136

social sciences 3,771 3,486 285 1,855 127 371 10 83

educational sciences 2,890 2,299 591 1,931 476 238 5 31

psychology and sports sciences 2,167 1,766 401 1,100 148 108 8 23

protestant theology 590 462 128 270 97 24 1 11

catholic theology 217 101 116 47 73 13 1 2

philosophy and history 2,818 2,276 542 1,116 296 158 17 29

language and cultural studies 3,695 3,382 313 2,344 228 253 5 66

modern languages 5,443 3,439 2,004 2,665 1,536 467 135 112

Geosciences and Geography 1,983 1,797 186 759 113 86 9 15

computer science and mathematics 3,789 2,293 1,496 744 1,118 273 25 41

physics 1,386 1,299 87 332 34 106 4 4

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 2,102 1,952 150 1,081 84 171 3 22

biological sciences 1,321 1,114 207 700 142 119 3 9

medicine 3,921 3,921 - 2,430 - 472 - 22

Total 44,974 38,468 6,506 21,895 4,472 3,885 226 661

Distribution of students in their first year in their subject, by faculty (2013/14 winter semester)

growth in student numbers 2009/10 winter semester to 2013/14 winter semester

*Qts = Qualified teacher status

Distribution of active students by country of origin, 2013/14 winter semester*

* in addition to faculty students, international students in university preparation courses and those sitting the official German language proficiency test (dsh) are also taken into account here. therefore, the total number is higher than specified above.

albania 60

andorra 2

austria 80

belarus 85

beligum 17

bosnia and herzegovina 128

bulgaria 314

croatia 257

cyprus 6

czech republic 45

denmark 15

estonia 19

finland 20

france 110

Germany 38,279

Greece 250

hungary 51

ireland 16

italy 316

Kosovo 18

latvia 30

lithuania 46

luxembourg 29

macedonia 31

malta 2

moldova 45

netherlands 30

norway 3

poland 268

portugal 72

romania 109

russian federation 332

serbia and montenegro 145

slovakia 61

slovenia 12

spain 131

sweden 16

switzerland 27

turkey 828

Ukraine 385

United Kingdom 84

42,774

algeria 6

benin 4

burkina faso 3

cameroon 38

chad 1

congo (democratic republic) 4

cote d’ivoire (ivory coast) 4

egypt 47

equatorial Guinea 1

eritrea 8

ethiopia 5

Ghana 9

Guinea 2

Kenya 36

libya 5

madagascar 9

mauritius 2

morocco 132

mozambique 1

nigeria 14

rwanda 2

senegal 8

somalia 2

south africa 3

sudan 4

tanzania 1

togo 5

tunisia 20

Uganda 3

Zimbabwe 5

Africa

argentina 15

bolivia 5

brazil 94

canada 19

chile 16

colombia 74

costa rica 5

cuba 10

dominican republic 3

ecuador 11

el salvador 2

Guatemala 1

haiti 2

mexico 32

panama 3

paraguay 5

peru 56

Unites states of america 85

venezuela 14

North and South America

australia 16

fiji 1

Australia

not stated 1

stateless 12

45,332

afghanistan 39

armenia 39

azerbaijan 21

bahrain 3

bangladesh 11

cambodia 2

Georgia 96

hong Kong 1

india 85

indonesia 80

iran 175

iraq 15

israel 18

Japan 42

Jordan 14

Kazakhstan 27

Korea, republic of 143

Kyrgyzstan 41

lebanon 13

malaysia 8

mongolia 16

myanmar 1

nepal 65

oman 6

pakistan 35

palestine 17

people's republic of china 384

philippines 13

Qatar 2

saudi arabia 9

singapore 3

sri lanka 5

syria 42

taiwan (chinese republic) 30

tajikistan 1

thailand 22

turkmenistan 3

Uzbekistan 45

vietnam 113

yemen 7

Asia Europe

Total*

46,000

44,000

42,000

40,000

38,000

36,000

34,000

32,000

ws 2009/10 ws 2010/11 ws 2011/12 ws 2012/13 ws 2013/14

total students 36,625 38,836 40,974 42,699 44,974

of which female 21,314 22,701 24,031 25,142 26,367

of which on leave of absence 775 597 594 599 661

1st semester students 6,973 8,268 8,657 8,563 9,599

of which female 4,113 4,899 5,037 5,057 5,557

Semester WS 2009/10 WS 2010/11 WS 2011/12 WS 2012/13 WS 2013/14

FacultyTotal Female International students Students

on leave of absenceStudents Not QTS* QTS Not QTS* QTS Not QTS* QTS

law 651 651 - 359 - 114 - 2

economics and business administration 1,163 1,163 - 542 - 224 - 8

social sciences 784 728 56 411 29 67 3 3

educational sciences 501 394 107 344 93 39 - 3

psychology and sports sciences 481 404 77 249 33 28 3 2

protestant theology 84 67 17 39 15 4 - 3

catholic theology 33 17 16 10 10 - - -

philosophy and history 609 542 67 299 41 48 2 2

language and cultural studies 892 870 22 591 18 53 - 1

modern languages 1,029 842 187 647 140 126 8 3

Geosciences and Geography 662 626 36 261 20 24 3 -

computer science and mathematics 924 675 249 222 186 59 4 7

physics 336 322 14 85 4 21 - 1

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 398 357 41 198 26 30 - 2

biological sciences 330 309 21 209 15 31 - 1

medicine 722 722 - 461 - 103 - -

Total 9,599 8,689 910 4,927 630 971 23 38

Degrees aWarDeD

Doctoral and professoral graduates, 2009 – 2013

graduates from their first degree course at a professional level in the academic year 2013*

* academic year 2013 = winter semester 2012/13 and summer semester 2013

law 64 1 56 3 53 1 53 5 49 3

economics and business administration 33 2 34 2 50 - 41 1 48 -

social sciences 18 3 25 - 17 2 18 2 31 2

educational sciences 9 - 15 1 5 2 14 1 15 -

psychology and sports sciences 19 1 7 2 15 3 19 5 32 3

protestant theology 6 - 2 - 2 - - 1 3 1

catholic theology 8 - 5 - 6 - 4 - 3 -

philosophy and history 26 5 20 4 20 6 29 1 42 2

language and cultural studies 18 5 18 4 12 3 15 4 26 1

modern languages 19 4 11 5 20 6 21 2 18 3

Geosciences and Geography 14 - 13 - 18 1 7 3 10 2

computer science and mathematics 14 - 15 - 19 - 20 - 17 1

physics 26 1 32 1 41 - 42 3 37 5

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 99 1 91 3 91 - 53 - 93 2

biological sciences 55 2 51 1 56 2 58 1 64 1

medicine 172 22 208 26 226 15 219 22 198 24

Total 600 47 603 52 651 41 613 51 686 50

Faculties2009 2010 2011 2012 2013*

doctorates lect. q. doctorates lect. q. doctorates lect. q. doctorates lect. q. doctorates lect. q.

FacultiesTotal Teaching position Bachelor Master

Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

law 208 91 117 - - - - 26 22

economics and bus. admin. 549 305 244 - - 305 244 132 107

social sciences 311 138 173 6 4 - - 18 43

educational sciences 548 66 482 18 52 23 213 - 3

psychology and sports sciences 207 65 142 1 - 17 47 9 31

protestant theology 45 15 30 5 9 - - 1 -

catholic theology 19 3 16 2 11 - - - -

philosophy and history 93 51 42 31 21 - - - -

language and cultural studies 226 52 174 17 33 4 6 6 14

modern languages 637 104 533 66 373 2 12 - 5

Geosciences and Geography 153 83 70 20 17 54 47 25 40

computer science and mathematics 169 107 62 19 18 55 27 16 9

physics 98 72 26 - - 69 24 39 16

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 277 102 175 7 12 55 61 25 17

biological sciences 144 34 110 10 53 20 49 34 61

medicine 411 148 263 - - - - - -

Total 4,095 1,436 2,659 202 603 604 730 331 368

university BuDget

source and application of funds, 2013

1 without initial investment outlays2 funding for improvement of quality of study conditions and teaching.3 the funding allocated in 2013 includes the release of funds authorised in 2011 and the allocation of increased funding from the first phase.4 including expenditure from the innovation budget, higher education pact 2020 funds and initial investment outlays.5 including staff expenditure from the innovation budget and higher education pact 2020 funds.

staff positions at goethe university (autumn 2013)

appointments shown are those which were taken up in the specified year; these may have been announced in the previous year(e.g. offer made dec. 2012, appointment accepted Jan. 2013)

appointments 2011 – 2013

Wax game pieces, hunting tools, and drinking vessels – these objects are examples of the results of 40 years of intensive field research in the cultures and languages of southern Africa which form part of the Oswin Köhler archive in the Institute of African Stud-ies. The extensive bequest of Prof. Oswin Köhler (1911–1996), founder of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Cologne, comprises not only ethnographic and botanical collections but also in particular writ-ten records, images, film, and sound recordings. The archive is therefore a valuable source of information for a variety of research questions. A number of the expedition artefacts and drawings are already available via an online database jointly developed with the Institute of Art History.

Revenue in EUR millions

consumptive and investment state subsidy1 312.0

Qa funding2 19.2

innovation fund 1.3

higher education pact 2020 funds3 28.0

administrative fees 4.3

infrastructure 5.4

Total revenue 370.1

Expenditure in EUR millions

material costs4 123.7

staff expenditure5 221.5

Qa funds (material costs and staff expenditure) 18.9

interdepartmental cost allocation 1.3

Total expenditure 365.4

law 2 0 0 % 3 0 0 % 3 1 33 %

economics and business administration 3 1 33 % 7 0 0 % 11 2 18 %

social sciences 5 3 60 % 6 1 17 % 4 1 25 %

educational sciences 3 1 33 % 0 0 - 3 2 67 %

psychology and sports sciences 2 0 0 % 1 0 0 % 0 0 -

protestant theology 0 0 - 1 1 100 % 2 1 50 %

catholic theology 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -

philosophy and history 1 0 0 % 1 0 0 % 0 0 -

language and cultural studies 3 2 67 % 5 2 40 % 3 1 33 %

modern languages 6 2 33 % 3 3 100 % 3 1 33 %

Geosciences and Geography 1 0 0 % 1 0 0 % 0 0 -

computer science and mathematics 3 0 0 % 6 1 17 % 2 1 50 %

physics 2 0 0 % 3 0 0 % 3 2 67 %

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 3 1 33 % 3 0 0 % 2 1 50 %

biological sciences 0 0 - 1 0 0 % 3 1 33 %

medicine 5 1 20 % 9 4 44 % 5 1 20 %

Total 39 11 28 % 50 12 24 % 44 15 34 %

Faculties2011 2012 2013

accepted appts.

of which female

Female quota accepted appts.

of which female

Female quota accepted appts.

of which female

Female quota

law 28.00 - 5.00 33.00 4.00 59.00 63.00 96.00 29.00 125.00

economics and business administration 39.00 7.00 13.00 59.00 15.00 89.00 104.00 163.00 45.91 208.91

social sciences 26.00 4.00 3.00 33.00 3.00 46.00 49.00 82.00 20.67 102.67

educational sciences 18.00 5.00 2.00 25.00 - 24.50 24.50 49.50 16.50 66.00

psychology and sports sciences 16.00 6.00 3.00 25.00 7.75 37.00 44.75 69.75 29.25 99.00

protestant theology 6.00 1.00 - 7.00 - 5.00 5.00 12.00 4.50 16.50

catholic theology 8.00 - - 8.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 12.00 4.50 16.50

philosophy and history 18.00 4.00 2.00 24.00 12.00 14.50 26.50 50.50 15.66 66.16

language and cultural studies 27.00 9.50 7.00 43.50 2.00 44.42 46.42 89.92 25.63 115.55

modern languages 31.00 14.50 8.00 53.50 1.00 71.00 72.00 125.50 24.66 150.16

Geosciences and Geography 23.00 12.00 2.00 37.00 12.00 40.91 52.91 89.91 41.47 131.38

computer science and mathematics 24.00 13.00 6.00 43.00 8.50 47.00 55.50 98.50 30.00 128.50

physics 23.00 8.00 7.00 38.00 1.00 64.00 65.00 103.00 83.45 186.45

biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacy 26.00 8.00 4.00 38.00 1.00 99.91 100.91 138.91 100.25 239.16

biological sciences 27.00 10.00 6.00 43.00 4.00 43.00 47.00 90.00 103.42 193.42

medicine 81.00 37.00 8.00 126.00 8.00 123.80 131.80 257.80 113.00 370.80

central resources - - - - - - - - 445.93 445.93

administration - - - - - - - - 443.55 443.55

Total 421.00 139.00 76.00 636.00 80.25 812.04 892.29 1,528.29 1,577.34 3,105.63

FacultiesProfessorships Research associates Total

academic Staff

Admin. staff/tech-

niciansTotal jobsW3 W2 W1 in total temp. ac.

cclrsAcademic

Staffin total

Industry funds

Contract research

Donations

Federal funds

EU funds

DFG funds

external funding by funding body and revenue from the LoeWe program 2009 – 2013 in eur millions

dfG funds 55.3 45.8 49.1 51.1 61.2

of which funds from the excellence initiative 11.1 7.9 9.3 8.7 10.9

eU funds 14.0 12.4 8.9 16.5 13.7

federal funds 11.2 12.8 17.3 21.9 24.5

industry funds 21.2 17.1 17.4 15.7 14.1

contract research 13.9 12.7 11.4 10.9 8.6

donations 9.9 9.8 9.4 12.8 12.2

other 8.7 10.8 11.4 13.4 14.7

External funding 134.1 121.4 124.9 142.3 148.8

loewe programme1 7.7 11.3 19.0 20.2 24.4

External funding and LOEWE Programme 141.9 132.7 143.9 162.5 173.2

eXternaL FunDing

law 3.4

economics and business administration 8.2

social sciences 6.4

educational sciences 2.4

psychology and sports sciences 4.7

protestant theology 0.3

catholic theology 0.9

philosophy and history 5.4

language and cultural studies 5.0

modern languages 2.7

Geosciences and Geography 6.7

computer science and mathematics 4.4

physics 12.8

biochemistry. chemistry. and pharmacy 12.6

biological sciences 7.9

medicine 40.5

Faculties total 124.3

other institutions2 24.5

External funding 148.8

loewe programme 24.4

External funding and LOEWE Programme 173.2

2013 revenue in eur millions

1 third-party income was allocated by faculty in the case of the federal government and länder programme and the ‚formation of normative orders‘ cluster of excellence; no such allocation was made in the case of the other collaborative research centres. the funds from the loewe programme are not counted among third-party funds, but are extra state funds, which are awarded through a peer-review process.

2 including programme fees in the amout of € 10 million.

1 revenue from loewe program from 2008 onwards. funding from the loewe programme is not counted among third-party funding, but is extra state funding, which is awarded through a peer-review process.

external funding expenditure in eur millions 2009 – 2013

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Departments/Other institutions Revenue 1

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